An attractive quay a mile in length is the arriving and starting point for over 100 steamboats that connect Rotterdam with Dutch towns, the Rhine, England, France, Russia, and the Mediterranean.
— from The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Bolton

Had he sent anything else, or words alone, he would have done much better, and perhaps the history of Mexico would be vastly different to-day; for Cortes and his company had a quicker eye and a readier ear for riches and tales of riches, of gold and jewels, than they had for lands, for peoples as yet undiscovered.
— from Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Less than seven weeks afterwards the 215 ‘subsequent information’ was forthcoming and thereupon Lieutenant-Commander Coombs was awarded the D.S.O., and ‘Mentions’ were given to Commanders Taylor and Gibbs, as well as to two ratings from Sturgeon , and one rating each from Retriever and Thruster .
— from Submarine and Anti-submarine by Newbolt, Henry John, Sir